Pencil-sharpener.



No. 762,077. PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904.

- P. G. MELGHIOR.

PENOIL SHARPENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29, 1903.

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F .1. C4 Z Wwnmnmnmum x UNITED STATES Patented June '7, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

PENClL-SHARPEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,077, dated June '7,1904.

Application filed December 29, 1903. Serial No. 186,95l. (No model.;

To all whom, it may concern.-

. the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a pencil-sharpener formed of a blade having aninternal cutting edge adapted to have the pencil drawn against the sameand so sharpened, While said edge is of such nature as to make a long orshort cut of the wood of the pencil, and a handle which is adapted tocover said internal cutting edge as a guard, the outer side of saidblade being blunt and extending beyond the sides of the handle so as tobe capable of being grasped without cutting the fingers while the bladeis moved into and out of said handle.

Figures 1 and 2 represent plan views of a pencil-sharpener embodying myinvention in respectively open and closed conditions. Fig. 3 representsa longitudinal section on line a; m, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a sideelevation of the sharpener shown in Fig. 2 'in folded con dition.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a blade which has an opening Btherein, the edge or wall thereof being beveled, as at G, from one sideof the blade to the other, whereby it is sharp and adapted to have apencil drawn against the same and accordingly cut, it being evident thatas the pencil is presented to either side of the blade, the bevel beingon one side only, the opposite side being parallel with the longitudinalsides of the blade or unbeveled, as most plainly shown in'Fig. 3, alonger or shorter cut of the pencil may be accomplished.

D designates a handle to which one edge of said blade is pivoted, as atE, and within which it may be folded, as in Fig. 2. On the sides of thehandle are the file surfaces F for pointing the pencil as primarily cutby the edge (1. The side edges of the blade are blunt, as at H, and thehandle is narrower than the blade,whereby the device is reduced inweight and size,while the interior cutting edge of said blade is coveredby said handle as a guard. It may behandled,carr ied in the pocket,aschoolbag, &c. without liability of its edge H cutting anything withwhich it may contact.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction shown withoutdeparting from the general spirit of my invention, and I do not,therefore, desire to be limited ineach case to the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. -A pencil-sharpener comprising an apertured blade having anon-cutting periphery and an interior cutting edge and a handle of lesswidth than said blade and adapted to cover the aperture therein, saidblade and said handle being pivotally connected at their ends.

2. A pencil-sharpener comprising an apertured blade having a non-cuttingperiphery and an interior cutting edge and a handle of less width thansaid blade and adapted to cover the aperture therein, said blade andsaid handle being pivotall y connected at their ends, said handle havingan abrading-surface.

FRIEDRICH O. MELOHIOR.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. IVIEDERSHEIM, WM. OANER \VIEDERSEIM.

